Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy cloth or leather covering for the leg extending from the instep to the ankle or knee.
- noun A similar covering of moisture-resistant fabric, used by skiers and hikers.
- noun An ankle-high shoe with elastic sides.
- noun An overshoe with a cloth top.
- noun A tubular collar fitting closely around the neck, often worn by skiers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A covering of cloth for the ankle, or the ankle and lower leg, spreading out at the bottom over the top of the shoe; a spatterdash.
- noun Originally, a kind of shoe, consisting partly of cloth, covering the ankle; now, also, a shoe of similar form, with or without cloth, generally with an insertion of elastic on each side.
- To dress with gaiters.
- noun The dogwood-tree. Now gaiter-tree, gattridge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
- noun A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
- transitive verb To dress with gaiters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and
instep ; seespats - noun A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
- noun Part of the
ecclesiastical garb of a bishop. - verb To dress with gaiters.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- noun legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
- noun a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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When the boys wants sport, sir, they get a long green pole, and sharpen it; 'n then they find a' gaiter's hole in the marsh, and put the pole down it; then the 'gaiter he snaps at it,' n hangs on to it, 'n the boys get together,' n pull him out, 'n put a rope aroun' his neck and set him to fightin 'with another' gaiter.
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They won't always fight; sometimes they run away very meek; the best way to kill'em is to put a ball in the eye, sir; thar's no use in wasting shot in a 'gaiter's hide.
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If temps rise and you don't want it over your head, put it back down and make it a neck gaiter.
What do hunters and bank robbers have in common? They both wear balaclavas. What-a-clavas? 2010
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I love my neck gaiter, I feel alot warmer with it on and thats important.
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I love my neck gaiter, I feel alot warmer with it on and thats important.
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A fleece gaiter over a wool or polypro zip up shirt is a good choice.
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I was too dizzy with pain to do anything but curse and weep, and now he was away again, yelling "Helfen, mein Herr!" while I tried to pull myself up by a tree, wrenching at my gaiter-buttons and sock to reveal an ankle that was grazed bloody and already turning blue.
Watershed 2010
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The seller stated that he had cut off the neck gaiter because it was too uncomfortable.
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The leg gaiter and the leg pack from yesterday remind me of the 1986 classic 'Iron Eagle' where he had the Walkman strapped to his leg.
Cape Fear: Cycling Fashion's Reign of Terror Continues BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Man, if all I need is a t-shirt and a gaiter to be worry free, I guess I don't need that costly psychotherapy after all.
Cape Fear: Cycling Fashion's Reign of Terror Continues BikeSnobNYC 2009
tankhughes commented on the word gaiter
neck gaiter makes me think of turkey wattles. I don't think this was in the discussion of WOTY 2020, but it shoulda been, as a mask alternative of people who have sensitive ears, or who only want to nominally comply with mask laws but just keep this around their neck as a scarf.
July 27, 2022